What's next?
Batman is back.
Barry went to go see Cisco Ramon. Barry told Lena that he needed to talk to Cisco about him being his best man at their wedding.
Barry knocked on Cisco's door.
Cisco opened the door.
"Barry?" Cisco asked
"Hey Cisco," Barry smiled, "I wanted to ask you something."
"Um what is it?" Cisco asked
"I'm getting married to Lena Luthor, and I need a best man, so…will you?" Barry asked with uncertainty.
"R-really, you want me?!' Cisco yelled
"Y-yeah. I know you thought I'd pick someone else, but besides Oliver, you're the one who I am closest to…"
"When you left Barry I was upset but I understood why. You are my brother."
"I never meant to upset you, I just knew that I couldn't keep living my life here, when I needed a fresh start. And I found the love of my life, in National City…"
"And I am extremely happy for you. I will be your best man."
"Would you and Caitlin like to meet her?" Barry asked, suddenly.
"Yes! Maybe she and I could work together along with the guy who made Supergirl's outfit." Cisco said
"She's waiting outside in the limo," Barry replied.
"There's a limo?! We get to ride in it right?" Cisco asked
Barry nodded, "It even has a bar in it."
"This is going to be awesome. Wait, I also heard that Star Labs and L-Corp are working together right?"
"Lena's the new owner and yes our companies are working together, she said that you and Caitlin would have your own rooms to practice your powers and a room to make suits and upgrades." Barry explained.
"She's awesome already." Cisco said
Cisco runs out to Cailtin's apartment room and knocks on her door.
"What's up Cisco?" Caitlin asked
"Barry's getting married to the new owner of Star Labs, Lena Luthor!" Cisco said excitedly.
"Barry's back?!" Caitlin asked
"Hi Caitlin," Barry called from down the hallway.
"Barry!" Caitlin yelled
Caitlin shut the door on him and Cisco when she saw Barry.
"Why is she so angry? I know I left without saying goodbye but I needed to leave." Barry said aloud, while standing out in the hallway.
"That's why Barry you left without saying goodbye and didn't call us or anything that's why she's upset." Cisco said
"Caitlin! Can't we talk about this like adults?" Barry asked from the otherside of the door.
"Why?!" Caitlin yelled "You left and didn't say goodbye, I was upset and you didn't even try to talk to any of us!"
"I was upset because Mirror Iris kicked me out of my own apartment. And I didn't know what to do with myself so I left Central City." Barry explained.
"But you should've still at least talked to us Barry we're your friends, you don't know how worried I was not being able to see you or talk to you at all." Caitlin said
"I didn't want to be a burden on you, Cisco or Kara so I tried to make my own way." Barry explained further.
"You were my best friend. I would've helped you no matter what situation you were in. You forgot I lost Ronnie!" Caitlin said
"I honestly thought you knew where I was, because the sensors in my suit said National City." Barry pointed out.
"I did know where you were but I didn't want to talk to you because you left us. When you left the city went to hell." Caitlin said
"Caitlin, I don't think this is just about Central City is it? I mean you're acting like I broke your heart…" Barry trailed off, sadly.
"The truth is Barry…" Caitlin trailed off. "You did when you and Cisco helped me with Frost, I started to like you but you started dating Iris, and then you married her. When you guys broke up I was going to confess my feelings for you but then you left and now you're getting married to someone else."
"Honestly, I didn't know you cared about me that much but unfortunately, I already found love, I found love away from Central City. The city that took my parents away from me." Barry said
Caitlin didn't say anything she felt guilty.
"Caitlin, I came back here because I wanted you and Cisco to be happy for me. I finally found someone who understands me." Barry stated
Caitlin begins to cry, she opens the door and is face to face with Barry.
"I'm sorry," Barry began, "I'm sorry that I left you alone but I also believe that if you really loved me, you would've followed me no matter where I went." Barry stated.
Caitlin doesn't say anything but hugs Barry.
Barry hugs her back.
"I forgive you Barry Allen." Caitlin said
"Can you and Cisco come and meet Lena Luthor, now? She's waiting for us outside in the limo." Barry replied
"Yeah I'll come." Caitlin said
Barry, Cisco and Caitlin walked outside of the apartment building and got in the black limo.
"You must be Cisco and Caitlin." Lena said
"Yeah," Caitlin began, "Forgive me for my red and puffy eyes, I got emotional earlier because I haven't seen Barry in a while."
"I know it's okay." Lena said
"Would anybody like a drink?" Barry asked
Lena grabs a drink from the bar and offers it to Caitlin and Cisco.
"So, when's the wedding?" Caitlin asked before drinking a light beer.
"It's going to be either at the end of the month or next month." Lena said
"You know I was wondering since Star Labs and L-Corp are working together, have you given any thought to tearing down the old Star Labs in Central City and building a new one in National City? Because the crime rate in Central City has spiked since The Flash left." Caitlin stated
"I have thought about doing something with it, I was going to use it to build a shelter for the homeless. I am planning on making a new Star Labs in National City, you and Cisco are going to be CEO's there if you want to." Lena said
"That's great and all, but have you given any thought to better arming the Central City police force with better equipment? I mean, they need all the help they can get." Caitlin pointed out.
"Yes I have because you are right they need better weapons to handle the metahumans in Central City." Lena said "The only weapons that can go against metahumans are at Cadmus."
"I trust Iris gave you that test-tube I wanted you to have." Caitlin said
"Yes she did and I am putting it to good use." Lena said "Barry and I are going to use it to help the sick."
"The only side effect of the compound is that it gives you frost powers, that's the only side effect, I know of."
"Maybe Winn has something that can get rid of that side effect." Lena said
"I also thought the compound would be useful to the military, but I had my doubts if they would use it properly."
"The military would just use it for themselves especially with Colonel Lane in charge." Lena said
"Well, since Star Labs is moving to National City, I might as well move too." Caitlin said, "Hopefully I can find a decent apartment there."
"What if we shared a room Caitlin?" Cisco suggested
"Sure, as long as you don't mind the Netflix shows I watch." Caitlin said
"I don't mind." Cisco said
"They actually have an apartment in Kara's building that's available." Barry suggested.
"Cool we'll be able to live right next to Supergirl." Cisco said
"Her friend Winn lives there as well you guys could probably hang out together." Lena said
"So how did you fall in love with Barry? What did he do to make you love him so much?" Cisco asked out of curiosity.
"We had so much in common we both lost someone we loved and we both wanted to change the world. He has also saved me so many times and he revealed his identity to me when we first started dating. He trusted me and I trust him." Lena said
"Wow, you must have felt incredibly comfortable with telling Lena that, Barry." Cisco said, "He couldn't tell Iris that because her dad Joe, had sworn him to secrecy." Cisco explained.
"Iris found out on her own when lightning touched her and was mad when she discovered my secret. She was actually more angry at Joe because he didn't want me to tell her." Barry said, "And I remembered Kara saying that you didn't like her having kept a secret from you, so I didn't."
"I was hurt because she kept it from me for so long. I thought it was because she didn't trust me but she was protecting me. I was so angry and I wanted to hurt her just like she hurted me. When I started working with Lex I didn't realize what his plan really was and I started to realize the monster he was and I went to Kara to beg so she could forgive me." Lena explained
"I am glad you and Barry found each other." Caitlin replied.
"Thank you Caitlin, I also wanted to meet you guys because I wanted to get to know you better." Lena said
"I know you probably have Kara as your maid of honor, right?" Caitlin asked
"Yeah, she's my best friend and she believed in me when no one else did." Lena explained
"But you know what else you need? You need a flower girl. I actually know somebody who could help with that." Caitlin replied, "I actually have a niece who is 12 years old."
"That's great thank you." Lena said
"I was wondering if you would like to have a bachelorette party before you get married, Lena?" Caitlin asked.
"I've thought about having one but with Lex still out there I just don't know they say he's dead but I don't believe it." Lena said
"Yeah, it's better to air on the side of caution," Caitlin agreed, "It's too bad that Oliver's dead, because the Arrow would've killed him…"
"I agree." Barry said
Caitlin was about to say something more when her stomach started growling in front of them.
"What the hell was that?" Cisco asked nervously
"I didn't eat today." Caitlin explained. "I was trying to eat healthy but most of the healthy food is really expensive."
"Maybe being healthy just isn't in you Cait." Cisco said
"Yeah, maybe you're right. I know Kryptonians don't really have to work out but I don't know how Lena stays in great shape…"
"Lots of yoga and exercise." Lena said
"I tried that, but mostly I tried eating better and a lot of the food you get at the grocery store is bad for you." Caitlin explained.
"Sometimes food doesn't even work. You also have to exercise when you eat." Lena said
RING! RING! RING!
"I think it's my phone." Lena said
"Hey Lena, I'm just calling to make sure you and Barry made it to Central City alright. They're setting up roadblocks because someone smuggled weed into the state." Winn explained.
"Winn i'm going to put you on speaker." Lena said
Lena presses a button on her phone.
"As I was saying someone smuggled weed into the state and that's why there's roadblocks near and around Central City."
"Do they know who did it?" Barry asked
"Yeah, it was someone named Floyd Lawton." Winn replied
"As in Deadshot?" Cisco asked
"Yeah but I think it's somebody stealing Lawton's identity because this Floyd Lawton looks like Will Smith." Winn explained.
"Winn, that really is Deadshot." Barry said
"When did he become a black guy, though, I thought Lawton was white?" Winn asked, confused.
"Oliver merged the Earths together, remember." Barry said
"Anyway, I don't know if you guys want to deal with this crime or not, because it isn't a World-Ending Crisis, it's just a petty crime." Winn said
"But Deadshot is also an assassin, a very dangerous one." Caitlin stated
"Well, Supergirl is busy here in National City. And Lawton is where you are, in Central City." Winn said
"I got him." Barry said, Barry ran away at superspeed and quickly brought back Floyd Lawton in handcuffs.
"So that's Deadshot?" Lena asked
"Did you get bored with fighting Captain Boomerang, Flash?" Lawton said, thinking it was a different Flash.
"Who?" Barry asked
"Oh, you're not The Flash that I know. That Flash would always trip over his own feet and he looked like a jewish guy." Lawton said
"Maybe he's talking about Jay." Cisco whispered to Caitlin
"Look, I don't know who any of you are," Lawton replied, "I'm just trying to make enough money so I can kill the Gotham Bat." Lawton replied.
"Batman is back?" Caitlin asked
"I was just trying to provide for my daughter and Batman left me handcuffed for the Gotham PD." Lawton replied.
"Who was paying you to smuggle weed?" Lena asked
"Alexander Luthor." Lawton replied.
"Lex." Lena said
"Why did he want you to smuggle weed?" Barry asked
"The weed was just a cover, what he really wanted me to smuggle was Kryptonite." Lawton replied
"Why?!" Barry yelled
"To kill Superman." Lawton said
"We have to warn Supergirl." Lena said
"I don't think we're talking about the same Superman and the same Lex Luthor here." Lawton replied, "Look at my phone in my pocket. It has a picture of Superman and Lex."
Caitlin takes the phone from his pocket.
"This Lex and Superman look very different to ours." Caitlin said she hands the phone to Barry.
"Lena, should we tell Kara about them?" Barry said as he showed her the picture.
"We should remember what happened to Alice when she met her doppelganger; they were both dying." Lena said
"Well, I will get Lawton to the DEO with his phone. You three meet me there when you can." Barry said before shoving the phone in his pocket and speeding away to the DEO with Lawton in tow.
"I'm going to call Kara." Lena said, "Kara, are you at the DEO, right now?"
"No, I'm hanging out with Alex." Kara answered
"Barry found something interesting. Can you meet him there? I'll be there when I can."
"Yeah." Kara said
The DEO
Kara had arrived at the DEO just as Lena, Cisco and Caitlin came.
"Kara," Barry began, "This man is Floyd Lawton and he was paid by Lex Luthor to smuggle in Kryptonite into the country….So, Lex can kill Superman."
"I thought Lex was dead." Kara said
"Lawton also has a phone with a picture of Lex and Superman in it." Barry handed Kara the phone.
"So Lex and Clark have a doppelganger. If this is anything like what Kate told me about Alice they should be in pain right about now." Kara said
"Oh, I'm not in pain because I already killed my doppelganger," Lex Luthor threw the body of a redheaded Lex Luthor down to the ground.
"How did you know?" Caitlin asked out of curiosity
"I was in pain, but the last thing that Lex told me was to kill his Superman." Lex Luthor snapped his fingers and Batman threw a different Superman's corpse to the ground.
"Kal." Kara said
Kara kneels down to her dead cousin's corpse.
"Oh, I don't think that doppelganger had a cousin which means she died on Krypton." Lex Luthor said
"I don't care, he's still my cousin." Kara said
"He snapped when Lois Lane died." Batman said, "Flash had to warn me about Superman becoming a tyrant just because he lost the love of his life." Batman spat.
"You still murdered him! You didn't even try to calm him down!" Kara yelled
"Kara," Barry said, "I tried to calm you down when Alex 'died' and that didn't work. You were beyond reason."
"I'm trying but the Bruce that me and Kate knew is not a killer and would've never done this." Kara said "Especially since Damien decided to stay with him."
"That's because I lost a son. I lost Dick Grayson. The Joker killed him." Batman replied
"I know but Bruce Wayne still never killed anyone. He was kind and caring." Kara said
"I didn't kill him. I just didn't save him." Batman said
"What are you talking about?" Flash asked
"I let Lex Luthor kill him, while I stood by and did nothing." Batman said
"Lex killed Joker?" Cisco asked confused
"No, your Batman killed The Joker, with my Joker. I just punched his teeth out." Batman replied
"That's maybe why Bruce left Gotham." Kara realized
"He must have died because I'm not in any pain." Batman said
"No Bruce is alive the only reason you're not in pain is because he's very far away and nobody knows where he is." Kara said
"Kara?" Clark said, as he flew inside the DEO, "Who's that on the floor? He looks nothing like me."
"That's your doppelganger." Kara said
"We can't have a burial for him, because Clark Kent is still alive." he trailed off.
"Bruce?" Clark asked "I thought you left Gotham."
Batman unmasked himself in the DEO and he looked like Ben Affleck.
"Doppelganger okay." Clark said
"You guys better hope that this Clark doesn't lose his Lois Lane, or he's going to become a tyrant as well." Bruce said
"Are you leaving?" Cisco asked
"Honestly, I don't know what I'm supposed to do with my life, because I'm not the Bruce Wayne that everybody remembers." Bruce said while putting on a business suit and getting in an Uber to Gotham.
Gotham
Bruce was walking down the street towards Wayne Enterprises.
He enters and sees two people standing there. It was Kate and Luke they were in shock.
"Hey, I know you. You're Lucius's son Luke." Bruce said, "Last time I saw you were still in high school."
"Forgive me I just can't believe you're back." Luke said
"I'm not exactly your Bruce Wayne, because I had a son named Dick Grayson and The Joker killed him." Bruce frowned at the memory.
"Dick is dead in another reality?" Kate asked
Bruce nodded.
"I remember when we were kids Dick had a little crush on me." Kate said
"In my reality, Kate Kane was straight and she had a thing for a young James Gordon but he married Barbara Kean." Bruce said
"Wow." Kate said "Did Kara tell you that she and I were dating?"
Bruce shook his head, "Is James Gordon alive in this reality?"
"Yes he works with my dad for the crows." Kate answered
"I don't know what happened to Alfred but in my reality, he gave up working for me after I tried to kill Superman."
"In this reality Alfred is married and he has a daughter named Julia, your god kid." Kate answered
"I don't think the other Bruce Wayne looks anything like me does he?" Bruce asked
"No, actually he was totally different." Kate answered "Bruce Wayne left after he killed Joker. Joker killed my mother and twin sister and it broke him because he did everything he could to save his only family."
"Before the planets were merged together, I was the founding member of the Justice League, with Diana Prince. This was after Superman died, initially."
"In this reality Barry Allen made the Justice League and it has me, White Canary, Black Lightning, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Supergirl, and Arrow but Oliver died in battle." Kate said
"I don't know what to do with my life now. I mean, this is Earth but it's not my Earth." Bruce said
"It doesn't matter this Earth needs Batman. I became Batwoman because people lost hope and needed to gain it back. Now that you're back people will start believing again." Kate said
"I have the batsuit from my old Earth on me, but it could use some upgrades." Bruce replied
"Well Luke here is an expert and made upgrades to my suit and he can help you with yours." Kate said
Bruce showed her the batarangs from his old Earth, "I don't know if the symbol is quite right but we could always make new ones."
Kate smiles at the batarang.
"The last crime I solved before I came to this planet was one of Edward Nygma's riddles." Bruce said
"I'm just going to let you know now that there is a person named Tommy Elliot who was your best friend and is a villain now who calls himself Hush. He also knows you're Batman." Kate said
Bruce nodded, "I saw Lawton at the DEO in cuffs before I came here. He's part of the reason why Kara lost a doppelganger cousin."
"Let me guess Lex Luthor is the real reason." Kate said
"Lex actually killed the doppelganger of himself from my Earth and he killed my Earth's Superman." Bruce explained
"I can tell that Kara was not happy about that." Kate said
"No. But my Earth's Superman actually snapped when Lois Lane died. He killed Darkseid and then he took over the Earth." Bruce explained
"So Superman was the villain?" Luke asked in shock
"He lost the love of his life, and he wanted to make everybody suffer." Bruce said
"Oh my god." Kate said
"I just hope and pray that your Earth's Superman and Supergirl don't go down the same path." Bruce said, seriously.
"As long as he has Kara I don't think he will." Kate said
"I know I'm not your cousin, and I know this isn't my Gotham but...It's good to be back." Bruce said
"And with Batman and Batwoman working together Gotham will finally have hope again." Luke said
"First we need to stop Alice and get my dad on the same side as us." Kate said
"I don't know if you still have the Batmobile, but it would be nice to ride in it again." Bruce said
"We still got it but I've preferred to ride a motorcycle." Kate said
Bruce pressed this nanotech bat-symbol to his chest, and he became Batman again.
Mary comes in just as she sees Bruce turn into Batman.
"Mary, I know this is something of a shock to you, but Gotham needs my help." Batman said
"I'm fine I knew that you were Batman but I just can't believe you're back." Mary said
"I have a lot of work to do. Getting used to a different Gotham." Batman said
"Just letting you know Bruce that Mary is my step-sister and she's your cousin. And Beth, my twin sister is alive and a psycho murderer named Alice who was in Arkham." Kate said
"How do you want to play this? Do you want to try to talk her down? Or just fight her?" Batman asked
"I don't know Alice isn't the kind of person you'd want to talk to. She killed our step-mother and framed our dad for her murder. All of this was so she could have me join her." Kate said
"The way I handled The Joker after he killed Dick Grayson, was I punched a whole upper row of his teeth out." Batman recounted
"Bruce did that to Joker as well after he killed Beth and Gabrielle." Luke said
"How about we break some of Alice's bones? Like her arm or something?" Batman asked
"Please let him do it Kate." Mary begged
"We could make it so Alice never walks again." Batman suggested.
"As much as I want Alice to pay for what she's done she is still my sister. I can't do that." Kate said
"It's your call, Kate. I'll do whatever you want me to do." Batman said
"If you want Alice why don't you take Mouse." Luke said
"Who's Mouse?" Batman asked
"Mouse is her brother who she grew up with in her childhood." Kate answered
Batman nodded, "Where can we find him?"
"Last time I saw him we rescued him and Alice from their abusive father in their childhood home." Kate said
"Maybe that's where he is." Mary said
"Here," Batman said, here Kate a nanotech Batwoman symbol, "This was Kate's nanotech from my world, but you can have it."
"Thanks." Kate said as she took it from him.
Kate put the nanotech on and she looked like Batwoman but her cape can turn into a glider.
"That is so cool." Mary said
"Unfortunately, the bat-symbol on my Kate's suit is a bit different. She was always partial to a Black Bat-Symbol in a Yellow Oval for some reason." Batman stated
"I can still make a few upgrades with it to Kate's suit." Luke said
"I asked Kate. My Kate, why she liked that symbol, and she said 'It's a target to draw the enemy's fire,' because that's what it is. There's armor behind it." Batman said
"It's true whenever people see that symbol they run for their lives." Luke said
Batman walked over to the piano and played three distinguished notes and the entrance to the batcave opened up…
"There was another Batcave in here." Luke said
"These three musical notes are the Batman Theme song from the 1960's, I've always hated that show but because I hate it nobody would ever guess that I'd use musical notes from that show as a way to unlock it…" Batman trailed off.
"This has been the weirdest day." Mary said
Batman into the batcave and dusted off the bat-computer, he pushed some buttons, and he fired Bat-drones into the sky, "With these drones, we should be able to find Mouse."
"Maybe we should have the drone follow dad or Alice." Mary said
"Unfortunately these drones don't have any lethal weapons on board to defend themselves if they get shot out of the sky by the crows." Batman stated
"I feel like there's something else." Kate said
Batman was listening to the drones and he heard something, "The GCPD was replaced by the Crows, right?"
"Yeah after you left our dad wanted to keep the city safe so he founded the Crows." Kate answered
"I'm hearing somebody identify themselves as a GCPD officer, right now…" Batman said
"Is it Gordon?" Kate asked
"No...he said, his name 'Robin John Blake,' " Batman responded.
"I have no idea who that is." Luke said
"Me neither, but Barry Allen said the worlds were merged." Batman said
"Does he have a file?" Kate asked Luke
"It says he's a retired GCPD officer. He has a wife and 3 kids and is currently working as a psychiatrist for Arkham." Luke answered
"I heard Blake talking to a little boy," Batman played their words back so everyone could hear it, "He's trying to track down, Alice."
"Why would he be interested in Alice?" Mary asked
"He's either trying to make an arrest or he's trying to join her gang." Batman said in thought, "Should we follow him or get Mouse, first?"
"Let's follow him, he can lead us to Alice." Kate said
Batman searched the batcave for something to use as transportation and he found the Batwing…
"Out of all the places I've been in I never found the Batwing." Luke said
Batman opened the Batwing's cockpit and sat inside and started flicking on some switches and the Batwing roared to life.
"I'll meet you there." Kate said
Kate puts on her Batwoman suit and leaves on her motorcycle.
Bruce flies out of the secret outside entrance to the batcave and flew, into the air.
"That was so cool." Mary said
Abandoned Warehouse
Robin John Blake was walking into the warehouse with his sidearm drawn and he was looking for Alice.
"Well, well well it seems like we have an intruder." Alice said
Her voice echoes the warehouse.
"I know who you are, Beth!" Blake shouted.
"Why are you here?" Alice asked
"We can do this easy way or the hard way. I'm about to make my first arrest since The Batman died in a mushroom cloud."
Alice throws her knife into Blake's arm.
And Blake shot a hole into Alice's leg.
"Get him!" Alice ordered her gang.
Blake shot at her gang until he ran out of bullets…
Batman threw a few batarangs at the gang members that Blake missed.
"Alice," Batman said, "You're wounded and you're bleeding out and right now, me and Batwoman are the only ones fast enough to get you to a hospital in time."
"No I would rather die than to go back to Arkham they killed my brother." Alice said
"What if we get you sent to Belle Reve prison in Metropolis?" Batman suggested.
"No matter what prison you put me in Bruce, I will always be tortured." Alice said
"Do you know what you've done? You broke the law Beth, I am trying to save Gotham as futile as that maybe and you're not helping matters, are you?" Bruce asked
"You have no idea what I have been through. Their step-mother paid a bunch of people to make sure I was dead. I was trapped for thirteen years in a psycho doctor's home who tortured me. He's still out there and he wants to kill me!" Alice said
"You don't know what I've been through either. The Joker murdered my son, Dick. Superman and General Zod had a fight that leveled a good portion of Metropolis. A Wayne Enterprises building was knocked down in Metropolis because of the fight between Superman and Zod. Lex Luthor manipulated me into trying to murder Superman. He sent little red notes that said, 'You let your family die!' " Batman recounted.
"Please you have to help me. I don't want to go back to jail." Alice begged
Batman looked at Batwoman with a questioning look.
"Beth if you agree to get help us track down your torturer and tell us what Lex Luthor is planning instead of prison we can take you to a group therapy so you can get help and get you a possibility of parole" Kate said
Batman held out his hand for Beth to take.
Beth takes Bruce's hand.
"She's bleeding out, where do we take her?" Batman asked.
"We'll take to the cave where Mary can heal her." Kate said
Bruce picked up Beth bridal style and carried her to the Batwing. He flew back to the batcave to see Mary.
"Why did you bring her here?!" Luke asked
"She's a victim. She needs help. Beth was lashing out because of everything that happened to her. And Mouse is dead…"
"If we can maybe J'onn could erase the painful memories Alice had to make her better." Kate said
"I can fly her back to the DEO and I'll meet you there, Kate." Bruce said
Kate nods and leaves.
Bruce leads Beth to the Batwing again and flies to National City.
National City - DEO
"Where is J'onn J'onzz?" Batman asked.
"He's with M'Gann, why?" Kara asked
"We need him to erase Beth's traumatic memories. She's a victim, too. She needs help." Bruce said
"Take her to the nursery, we'll have J'onn heal her there." Alex said
Batman led Alice to the nursery, and made her sit down in a chair and was about to leave when...
"Please, don't leave me, Bruce." Beth said
"I won't, I'll be right here Beth." Bruce said, "I know I'm not your Bruce. The real Bruce left, but I'll stay here with you."
Kate arrives at the nursery.
"Beth, we need to know what Lex is planning so we can stop him." Kate said
"He hired The Joker to poison National City's water supply. He's not your Joker. His real name is Arthur Fleck. And he's from the year 1981, from another universe." Beth explained.
"Did Lex or Joker mention Leviathan?" Kara asked
"Yes. They plan to poison the food in National City with a substance that's deadly to Kryptonians." Beth explained further.
"Why not use Lex's machine to spread Kryptonite around the world?" Kate asked
"He was going to but The Joker convinced him to go with his plan. Not only is the substance deadly to Kryptonians, it's deadly to all aliens." Beth said
"We're going to need Winn and Lena's help to create a cure if this is what they're planning." Kara said
"Did he say anything else?" Alex asked
"He said that he knows his adopted sister is half Kryptonian." Beth replied
"Does he also know about Winn as well?" Kara asked
"He said, he wanted to make Winn kill you before he killed Winn himself afterward." Beth replied
"Lex is a madman, we have to stop him." Kara said
"I can break him." Batman said, "I can torture him until he breaks." he suggested
"As much as I want to see Lex get tortured we still need him to tell us everything about Leviathan and who runs it." Kara said
"Kate...I don't think Lex knows that we rehabilitated Beth, we could use her against him." Batman suggested
"He also doesn't know my identity. Beth and I could go undercover." Kate said
"What do you think, Danvers? Is it worth a shot?" Bruce asked.
"Let's do it." Kara said
Cadmus
Kate and Beth arrive where they are greeted by Lex.
"Hey Alice, who is this?" Lex asked
"My twin sister Kate, she wanted to join us in our quest."
"Well, Vandal Savage will be thrilled." Lex replied
"Let's get going shall we." Alice said
She grabs Lex's hand and the three of them walk.
Lex leads them to a room where Vandal Savage is sitting at his desk.
"Welcome Alice." Savage said
"Alice, I know you have useful fighting skills but does your twin sister have them as well?" Vandal inquired.
"I was trained in the military before I got kicked out for being gay and my dad sent me to Alaska for more training to be a member but never gave it to me." Kate answered
"So, you know how to think on your feet?" Vandal asked
"Yes." Kate answered
"Good," Vandal replied, "I trust you know of Levathian's true plan? The plan to cover the Earth in a nuclear winter?"
"I didn't know that part. They only partly told me the plan. I knew you were trying to poison the aliens and get rid of them." Kate said
"Yes, well. These aliens, these metahumans...They all have to go." Vandal smiled
"The only way I know to get rid of The Flash is, he has a weakness with cold." Kate said
"Not just The Flash, there are other metahumans out there as well. Like Killer Frost and Vibe."
"And you forgot Black Siren and Black Canary with their scream along with Dreamer."
"Yes, I seek to eliminate every single exceptional being on this planet, except for myself." Savage said
"Even us?" Kate asked
"No," he began, "People with powers. I am an immortal and I seek to rule over what portion of humanity is left after the nuclear winter." Savage explained.
"You also have the Legends they can travel back in time to stop you from your plan." Kate said
"You mean, them?" Vandal showed Kate a monitor of The Legends stuck in a black hole.
"How did you…" Kate trailed off
"I know everything. I know that Alice or Beth has been rehabilitated, and I know who you really are." Vandal Savage smiled.
Beth and Kate were grabbed by Vandal Savages guards.
"Your plan won't work." Kate said
"Maybe, maybe not. But you're the perfect bait to lure Supergirl here." Vandal said
"Oh really what do you know?" Kate asked
Kate pressed a button and Supergirl showed up, but also The Flash, Black Lightning, Batman and Superman.
Kate elbowed her captor in his face and flipped him over.
Sara Millian showed up out of nowhere, "Who are all of these people, Vandal?"
"They are the heroes we are trying to get rid of." Vandal answered
"You there," Millian pointed to Barry, "What do you think you're doing with my daughter."
"Your daughter?" Barry asked confused, before he ran away and brought Lena here.
"Barry why am I here?! I was just about to finish the cure with Winn!" Lena yelled
"That woman is your mother, she's the leader of Leviathan." Barry explained
Sara jumps down and walks toward her daughter.
"M-Mom?" Lena asked, in shock.
"Hello my daughter." She said
"H-How are you alive!? I thought you were dead!"
"After I gave birth to you and your brother I had to go. I wanted to wait till you were both at the age to come and join me."
"W-Why are you doing this!?" Lena demanded to know.
"I'm doing this for you and your brother, I wanted to save the Earth from itself. We already lost Krypton. Astra and Non knew about this and when we landed on Earth we built this place."
"Kara said that you were one of Alura's co-workers." Lena brought up.
"I was but Astra had a plan to save our planet so I continued to work Alura. She had no idea I was working with her sister the entire time."
"What is your Kryptonian name? What is my Kryptonian name?" Lena asked
"Your Kryptonian name is Thura and your brother's name is Van-El. My name is Asha Nar."
"Mother, I don't know why you're working with Lex, because he hates us. He hates Kryptonians. He even hated that Kryptonian Red Daughter that was created by the Hauren-El." Lena explained, "Didn't he, Kara?"
"Yeah not to mention he was going to use Red Daughter as a weapon. He even told Red Daughter that we killed her friend and sent her to kill me." Kara said
"Is this true?" Sara asked Lex.
"Oh it's true I do hate Kryptonians but you're the only one who I don't hate you're also trying to help the Earth by being a hero just like me." Lex said, "By the way, that reminds me..."
Lex pulled out a gun and fired a Kryptonite bullet towards Lena but Barry sped in front of Lena and took the hit!
"Barry!" Lena yelled
Lena knelt down to her fallen fiance's form.
"G-Goodbye, L-Lena!" Barry said
"Jefferson can't you fix him?" Kara asked
"My daughter is the only one who can heal him but we won't make it in time." Jefferson said
"L-Lena," Barry began, "I lied to you, you are faster than m-me." Barry fell unconscious.
"We have to get Barry to Jennifer. She's the only one who can heal him." Jefferson said
"I'll take him there." Lena said she picked up Barry like he was nothing thanks to her superstrength and used her superspeed to take Barry to Freeland.
"You'll pay for what you did to Barry." Kara said
She activates her heat vision and it hits Lex's gun taking it out of his hands.
"Why do you care about him? He's a freak of nature." Lex said
"And that freak of nature is our friend." Jefferson said
Lex was about to say something more when he felt his mind being messed with by J'onn Jonzz.
"What are you doing to him?" Kara asked
"Just erasing his memories of Leviathan." J'onn said.
"But he's still going to hate us. It's no point of trying to heal him." Kate said
"I've also made him catatonic." J'onn said
"What does that mean?" Clark asked
"He's a mindless and drooling mess." J'onn replied
"That's fair." Clark said
Freeland
Barry woke up in a bed, completely healed.
"Hey Barry." Lena said
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to save you..." Barry trailed off, apologizing for making Lena worry.
"You did save me." Lena said
"I'm sorry for lying to you..."
"What are you talking about?" Lena asked
"I lied to you when you beat me at the race to Coast City. I was giving it my all, but I lied to save face."
"I knew I had beat you." Lena gloated
"Were you scared of losing me? I just didn't want you to die that way."
"Yes I was, I lost Jack and I didn't want to lose you as well." Lena said
Barry slowly got out of bed and approached Lena and hugged her.
"You might want to be careful Jen may have healed you but that bullet could've killed you so you might be sore for a couple of days." A guy said
"Got it," Barry said, "I'll take it easy, I just wanted to give my finance a hug."
"One more thing Jefferson wanted me to tell you that your mother escaped, they don't know where she is. But Lex is in custody again, The Martian actually erased his memories of Leviathan and Lex is brainless and drooling, now..." he said
"That's good." Lena and Barry said
Barry slowly walked away from Lena, before he turned back and asked, "Are you hungry? Because I am."
"Sure I could eat. I still have to tell Winn about me being his sister. I'll tell him tomorrow." Lena said
"Is this something you want to do over the phone or in person?" Barry asked
"I'm going to tell him in person but I'll do it tomorrow it's been a long day."
Barry held out his hand for Lena to take...
Lena takes Barry's hand but before leaving he turns to the person and says, "What's your name?"
"Gambi." he replied.
"I want to thank you and Jennifer Pierce for healing me." Barry said, "And thank you for bringing me here, Lena."
"You're welcome." Lena and Gambi said
Barry walked out of the building with Lena in tow, and noticed there were three fast food restaurants but no Big Belly Burger...
"We can either go to McDonald's, Burger King or Subway, Lena. I don't really care at the moment so you choose." Barry told her.
"I know a restaurant to go to." Lena said
"Freeland doesn't seem to have a Big Belly Burger restaurant, so I'll go wherever you want to go." Barry replied.
"Follow me." Lena said
Barry followed his fiance.
Ruby Red Lipstick Bar - Freeland
"Would you two like to sit in the booth or by the bar?" The waitress asked
"Booth." Lena answered
Barry and Lena entered the booth and sat on opposite sides of one another. The waitress handed them menus.
"When I graduated from MIT my mother took me and Lex here they have the best burgers here." Lena said
"I think I'll just get a regular cheese burger and fries," Barry said as he smiled at his fiance.
"I'm going to have steak and fries." Lena said
"I'll have a Coke." Barry said
"I'll have a Sprite." Lena said
"Okay, it'll be about 15 minutes." The waitress as she took back the menus.
"I know, I stopped you from completing the cure with Winn earlier, but I thought you would've liked to have seen your mother." Barry said
"I am glad that I saw her but she's working with Lex and I don't know if I want a relationship with her now." Lena said
"Do you think your mother and Astra were right? I mean they want to save the world in their own little misguided ways." Barry told her.
"Kara told me that her aunt Astra's plan of "saving the world" was to blow up governments and people who were overpowering." Lena said
Barry nodded and said, "I think they were just worried about the Earth becoming like another Krypton. I don't know if they're right but talking them down doesn't seem to be helping…"
"They aren't right, it's still wrong and my mother helped them. I thought she was nice and caring but I was wrong. We need to find her and stop her." Lena said
Gotham
Bruce was in the Batcave, and he was just sitting there monitoring The Crow's radio signals.
Kate and Luke came into the cave.
"What are you doing?" Kate asked
"You said, you wanted to get The Crows on our side, right? I'm just keeping a close eye on them, in case they need our help." Bruce replied
"May I remind you that your father doesn't want any help from Batwoman and I don't think he's going to want help from Batman either." Luke said
"What about the District Attorney then?" Bruce asked, "In my reality Harvey Dent and I used to have a secret alliance before he became Two-Face."
"Harvey Dent is dead." Luke said
"Who's the D.A. right now?" Bruce asked.
"Sarah Essen." Luke answered
"I suppose she's hard to win over, too." Bruce stated
"Not really I mean Kate has a pretty good friendship with her." Luke said
"I want you to have this, Kate." Bruce handed her a lead box.
"What is it?" Kate asked
"It's a Green Kryptonite ring, Lena Luthor's biological mother is a Kryptonian. Which means she has powers." Bruce replied.
"Is this just in case she's evil?" Kate asked
"I don't think we can talk her down the way we did with Beth, it's just a contingency plan." Bruce said
"I'll keep it just in case." Kate smirks.
Before Bruce could say anything more Julia Pennyworth walked into the batcave.
"Hey luv." She said to Kate "What's going on…"
"Hey Julia." Bruce said in greeting.
"Bruce?" Julia asked in shock
"How's Alfred doing?" he asked
"He's fine." Julia answered "How are you back?"
"I'm actually from a reality where Dick Grayson is dead and Jim Gordon is still the Commissioner of the GCPD."
"What?" Julia asked confused
"Do you remember when there was a Crisis going on?" Bruce asked, "When the skies turned red?"
"I wasn't there." Julia said
"Long story short: I'm not from around here." Bruce showed her a picture of a different Wayne Manor.
"What are you from another Earth or something?" Julia said
"Basically, yeah. Here's a picture of Barbara Gordon if you don't believe me…" Bruce said, handing it to her.
"Okay, wow." Julia said
"I know I'm not your Bruce Wayne, but it is good to see you, Julia." Bruce smiled.
"It's good to see you too Bruce." Julia said
Bruce Wayne thought about something…"Do you think people would actually believe that I am Bruce Wayne if I became a public figure again? I mean, you said it yourself Kate, 'I look nothing like him,' "
"I believe they will; it's a new Earth and people are still grieving over Oliver Queen's death. They need hope." Kate said
"I think so too. I don't think The Crows would accept equipment from Wayne Enterprises, but I think there are other ways to help the city." Bruce said
"What are you thinking of?" Luke asked
"Maybe I could run for Mayor. I mean Oliver Queen did it." Bruce replied
"Yeah but he was impeached when they found out he was the Green Arrow." Luke said
"We could find a new renewable energy source instead," Bruce suggested, "Have you seen this?" He brought up pictures of the Tesseract on the Batcomputer.
"What is it?" Kate asked as she got a closer look at the picture.
"It's called the Tesseract. It's been spotted somewhere in the Indian Ocean, we need Iridium to grab it otherwise it'll melt right through the Batwing." Bruce stated
"Is this like The Avengers Tesseract?" Mary asked
"I didn't think it was real, but it is. I think with the right equipment we could harness the power of it." Bruce said
"With the Earth's merger now does that mean The Avengers are real or not?" Mary asked
"If they are, who knows if Tony Stark and Black Widow are still alive or not." Bruce said
"Wow Bruce I'm surprised you know who the Avengers are." Mary smiled.
"Dick made me watch Iron Man 2 with him once," Bruce said with a shrug.
"He made me watch The Amazing Spider-Man with him." Kate smiled "It sucked."
"When they talk about Time Travel in Endgame, it makes my brain hurt." Bruce said
"Can we not talk about movies right now." Luke interrupted getting annoyed.
"Kate, do you want to try to get the Tesseract?" Bruce asked
"I think you already know the answer Bruce." Kate said
"You'll have to fly in the Batwing with me, because you obviously can't ride a motorcycle to the Indian Ocean," Bruce said before suiting up.
"Let's go." Kate said with a smile
Bruce and Kate get inside the cockpit of the Batwing and fly out to Indian Ocean but not before stealing some Iridium.
Bruce jumped into the water and swam towards the Tesseract.
"Bruce you got it?" Kate asked
Bruce didn't answer. He simply climbed aboard the Batwing with the Tesseract, he put inside the briefcase with the Iridium, and flew back to Gotham with it, and Kate.
Gotham - Batcave
Bruce arrived in the Batcave with Kate and the Tesseract in tow. He set the briefcase down on the metal table and opened it up…
"What are we going to make with it?" Luke asked
"I don't like guns but maybe The Crows would like a new arsenal." Bruce said, "Let's see if your Dad would be interested, Kate."
"I've thought about this too, I'm going to tell him I'm Batwoman." Kate said
"We could have him meet us here at Wayne Enterprises and tell him." Bruce suggested
"Do you think dad will listen, Kate?" Mary asked
"Maybe...Maybe if we give him this energy source with no strings attached." Kate said in thought.
"If we do this there's no turning back you know that right?" Luke asked
"Honestly, I don't know if your dad will understand that I am from a different Earth and I have a different history than the Bruce Wayne you remember." Bruce said
"He is right luv, Jacob Kane will not understand any of this." Julia said
"I can pretend to be the real Bruce Wayne, but I need all of you to back me on this." Bruce stated
"Back when Beth was insane she would take off people's faces and give them new ones. She did it with Mouse." Kate said
"Or," Bruce began, "I can say that I got plastic surgery." Bruce wanted to keep things simple.
"Let's go with that." Luke said
Bruce nodded.
They closed up the Batcave and put everything back where it was, except for the briefcase with the Tesseract hidden inside of it. They called for Jacob to meet them at Wayne Enterprises and he said that he was on his way...
Jacob enters Wayne Enterprises and sees Batwoman and Batman.
"When did you get back?" Jacob asked Batman.
"About a week ago." Batman answered, "I know Gotham went to hell without me, but I lost hope for a while." He explained.
"We have a proposal for you." Batwoman said
"What is it?" Jacob asked.
"We have built a weapon with an item called The Tesseract. We want you to have it as a peace offering between us so we can work together." Batwoman explained.
Jacob seemed contemplative for a moment, before he asked, "I will accept the peace offering, on one condition. You both tell me why you're doing this? There's no organized crime in Gotham anymore. The psychos and the murders and the rapists have taken their place."
"We're doing this because we believe in hope. We want you and The Crows to work with us and not against us. When people see us they are scared because of the symbol we have. All we want is for the world to be better and with you working us we can make it. We don't want hope to die." Batman explained
"I'll keep the rest of The Crows off your backs. But I answer to the Mayor herself, and she doesn't want me to work with you two. So, if it isn't me it'll just be somebody else. You two need to do something about her." Jacob explained.
"Maybe she'll work with us if we told her we handled Alice." Batman said
"Maybe," Jacob agreed, "Now, show me this weapon you've made."
Batman pulled out a suitcase and pulled out a gun.
"Wow." Jacob said.
Batman looked at Batwoman and gave her a look that said, "Should we unmask ourselves, now?"
Batwoman nods her head yes.
Batman unmasks himself in front of Jacob.
Batwoman unmasked herself as well.
"Bruce? Kate?" Jacob asked in shock.
"Hey dad." Kate said
"I-I never knew that you and Bruce chose this life. I-I had no idea…" Jacob trailed off…
"When Sophie first got kidnapped I became Batwoman and then people started believing in hope again. I kept being Batwoman to keep that hope alive. I didn't know how you'd react if you saw me like this." Kate said
"I-I'd be lying if I said that I wanted this life for you. Because it's dangerous. If it isn't a crazy person from Arkahm who takes you down, it'll be just some punk from the street who does…" Jacob trailed off with uncertainty.
"I wanted to tell you so many times that I was Batwoman but you kept getting angry when people mentioned her name." Kate said
"I'm not angry, Kate. I'm not angry with you. But you remember what The Joker did to Barbara Gordon, right? I would hate for someone to do that, to you." Jacob said, worriedly.
"No one else but Mary, Julia, and Luke know my identity. I also came to tell you some good news about Alice." Kate said
"Did she stop killing people?" Jacob asked, taking a guess.
"That and we fixed her a martian named J'onn Jonzz he removed all the painful memories she had. She's starting group therapy to get a better life." Kate said
"That's great." Jacob said relieved.
"I wanted to tell you about Leviathan, Jacob." Bruce said.
"Leviathan what is that?" Jacob asked
"It's a group of people who want to create a nuclear winter and kill everybody who isn't human." Bruce stated
"What do you suggest we do?" Jacob asked
"We need to look for somebody named Sara Millian, she's Lena Luthor's birth mother." Bruce said
"Lena Luthor as in Lex Luthor's sister?" Jacob asked
Bruce nodded and said, "We need to find her before it's too late."
"I'll see what I can do." Jacob said, "Look out for each other. Watch each other's six." Jacob told Bruce using some military lingo.
"I'm going to go see Kara. We have a date tonight." Kate said
Bruce nodded and put on a business suit, and went to go see if Selina Kyle or Vicki Vale were still around in this reality.
Bruce stood outside of Selina's apartment and he gently knocked on her door.
Selina opened the door.
"Hello, Selina." Bruce said
"You're Bruce Wayne." Selina said
"Yes, I am. I wanted to ask you out on a date, if that's okay with you." Bruce said
"Sure." Selina said
"Where would you like to go Ms. Kyle?" Bruce asked
"How are you with Carnival's?" Selina asked
"You know I still have a Wayne Enterprises helicopter, how would you like to leave Gotham with me for a little while and we could find somewhere else to go on our date?" Bruce asked.
"Sure." Selina said
Bruce held out his hand for Selina to take...
Selina takes his hand and they walk to the rooftop of Wayne Enterprises.
They get in the helicopter and Bruce flies them to National City. Bruce lands the outskirts of National City and calls an Uber driver. They go to Noonan's.
All eyes in Noonan's were on Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle when they entered the coffee bar, together.
"How may I help you?" A waitress asked
"We'd like a table for two, please." Bruce said.
The waitress takes Selina and Bruce to a booth.
As Bruce sat down with Selina, he noticed Kate Kane and Kara Danvers sitting at a table in the middle of the restaurant out of the corner of his eye.
Bruce thought, 'Maybe Kate won't make a big deal out of this, because I'm not actually her cousin.'
Kara notices Kate watching someone and says, "Hello earth to Kate." Kara waves her hands in front of Kate's face.
Kate motions Kara to follow her gaze and Kara saw Bruce with Selina Kyle.
"I see that Bruce is here with Selina Kyle." Kara said, "Does that bother you?"
"No it doesn't." Kate said
"Are you worried about Selina taking advantage of him?" Kara asked.
"No Bruce loves Selina but when I was a kid he had a child with Talia Al-Ghul I don't know how she'd react if she saw Damien." Kate said
"You do understand that this Bruce is from a different reality, right? He doesn't have the same history as the Bruce that you know." Kara stated
"I do know that but he's still Bruce's son."
"Do you think of him as your cousin, even though he's from a different Earth?"
"Yes I do. When Bruce left I didn't have anyone else but Mary throughout my childhood." Kate said
"It was strange seeing Clark's doppelganger dead. It was like a part of me, died with him." Kara said.
"With this Bruce here I feel happy knowing that I got my cousin back." Kate said
"His batsuit had shorter ears than the original batsuit." Kara said, "It was like seeing a very different kind of Batman."
"If Oliver hadn't merged the Earths together I don't think we would've gone out." Kate said
"Yeah, but I'm glad he did." Kara said
Kate leans in and kisses Kara.
Kara kisses her back.
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